This photo was taken at the Ocean Park Pier in Santa Monica in 1937. I keep expecting someone like Edward G. Robinson to emerge from the “Casino Card Room” after a rough round of Texas Hold ‘Em and bump into Joan Blondell coming out of the bowling alley with a girlfriend who she loses in short order to her ultimate regret. Doesn’t it reek with atmosphere???

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